AZERBAIJANIS TAKE PART IN CONFERENCE IN YEREVAN

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April 16 2010
Azerbaijan

Eldar Zeynalov Azerbaijanis take part in 37th Congress of the
International Federation for Human Rights in Yerevan.

Director of the Human Rights Centre of Azerbaijan (LCA) Eldar Zeynalov
has taken part in the regular, 37th Congress of the International
Federation for Human Rights, which was held in Yerevan, according to
the Human Rights Center.

The Congress has re-elected governing bodies, discussed the strategy
for the next 10 years, adopted resolutions on the situation in
Kyrgyzstan and a number of other regions of the world.

During the congress, an international forum "Justice: New Challenges",
dedicated to the exchange experiences and analysis of various topics
related to justice at the national and international level. The forum
was attended by the judge of the European Court of Human Rights, the
prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Armenian officials and
representatives of nongovernmental organizations in many countries,
including the Azerbaijani Centre for the Development Programmes "El"
presented by Adil Alekperov.

In parallel with the Forum in Yerevan the demonstrations were held with
participation of some members of the Congress demanding to release
14 political prisoners. The issue of political prisoners in Armenia
was raised at the meeting of the FIDH management with President of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

Since 2004, the center has been the oldest member of the worldwide
coalition of human rights organizations – the International Federation
for Human Rights, which stood at the origins of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.